An illicit liquor distillation unit which was seized by officials of the Police and Excise Departments during a special operation in the Mand area in Jalandhar district.
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Making
illicit liquor family business
Jalandhar
Making cheap illicit liquor and
selling it is no crime for them but a flourishing family business for
generations. The marshy Mand area falling in Kapurthala, Jalandhar and
Ferozepore districts along the Beas and the Sutlej has been providing
them a safe haven for running their operations and making new
innovations to keep themselves away from the eyes of the police
officials.
Bishanpura
flooding: Punjab writes to UT
Chandigarh, June 27
The Punjab Government today wrote
to the Chandigarh Administration drawing attention towards the
flooding of the Bishanpura village due to open radial gates of the
spillway regulator of the Sukhna lake on June 25.
BJP’s
executive to meet in Amritsar from July 18
Chandigarh, June 27
Mr Brij Lal Rinwa, President of
the Punjab unit of the BJP, said today that an important meeting of
the national executive committee of the BJP would be held at Amritsar
from July 18 to July 20. He said that the central leadership of the
party had accepted the request of the state unit in this connection.
Gurtek
Lok Bhalai candidate from Faridkot
Faridkot, June 27
Mr Gurtek Singh Sidhu, member of
the Lok Bhalai Party, will contest the forthcoming Assembly elections
from this Assembly constituency. This was announced by Mr Balwant
Singh Ramoowalia, MP and president of the party, while addressing a
conference organised by the district unit of the party at the old
grain market here yesterday.
Ramoowalia
rules out pact with third front
Mansa, June 27
Mr Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, MP
and president of the Lok Bhalai Party, gave a call to Hindus to come
forward and take active part in politics. He said although there was a
large number of intellectuals among the Hindus, their number was small
in politics. He was addressing a rally organised here today.
BBMB
leave encashment issue gathers heat
Ropar, June 27
All worker unions of the Bhakra
Beas Management Board have formed a joint front to carry out a
struggle against the stoppage of their leave encashment. They have
written to the Chairman of the BBMB against the stoppage of leave
encashment and have threatened to carry out an agitation if it was not
restored.
Water
shortage plagues residents
Muktsar, June 27
Residents of the district are
facing acute shortage of water in some localities. They are also
complaining of overflowing sewerage. The National Consumer Awareness
Group has urged Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Secretary and
Minister, Public Health and Deputy Commissioner to make arrangements
for the supply of adequate clean water. They also demanded the
sewerage system be made more efficient.
Faulty
“phataks” drive citizens crazy
Patiala, June 27
Malfunctioning of most of the
“phataks” (gates) of the city since yesterday are driving its
citizens crazy as they have to wait for long periods for the fault to
be set right or go in for long circumventions to reach their
destinations.
Quacks
active despite HC order
Chauke (Bathinda), June
27
Even though Chauke village has
been hitting the headlines recently due to the spread of hepatitis-B,
the district authorities have failed to take any action against
unregistered medical practitioners and quacks. According to an
official report, over 16 such practitioners are active in the village.
Pak
Rangers ‘kidnap’ Indian farmer
Fazilka, June 27
A report of kidnapping of an
Indian farmer by Pakistan Rangers in the border village of Noor
Mohammad in this sector has been received. According to reports,
Gurdeep Singh (45) of Noor Mohammad was allegedly dragged and
kidnapped by Pakistan Rangers yesterday afternoon while he was
returning to the village.
Legislatures’
Secys talk shop
Chandigarh, June 27
The inaugural session of the
conference of Secretaries of the Legislative bodies in the country was
held in the Punjabi regional hall of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Bhavan.
Mr R. C. Tripathy, Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha, Mr G. C.
Malhotra, Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha. Mr N. S. Mavi, Secretary
of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, welcomed the delegates to the conference.
Pathankot
to have airport
Pathankot, June 27
Pathankot will soon be on the air
map of the country with the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr
Sharad Yadav, scheduled to lay the foundation stone of a civil airport
here on June 29.
I
won’t return, says Dimple’s daughter
Amritsar, June 27
Water connection to the house of
Dimple (42) at Anand Avenue was restored today, four days after her
story was published in The Tribune. Dr Inderjit Kaur, president
of the Pingalwara Society, helped to restore the connection. She also
persuaded Dimple’s daughter Tanya (15) to accompany them to her
house and meet her mother.
Mela
organisers rue red tape
Bathinda, June 27
Alleged red tape in the
government departments have caused losses to the tune of lakh of
rupees to the organisers of a mela here. A mela was to be organised by
some private persons on the Bathinda-Goniana road on the land of
Improvement Trust for about 40 days starting from June 28.
Committee
meets to review tax abolition
Amritsar, June 27
Mounting public pressure during
the run-up to the Assembly election has forced the Punjab government
to head to the growing discontent among the business, trading and
manufacturing communities.
Talwandi
invites Musharraf to Golden Temple
Amritsar, June 27
The SGPC President, Mr Jagdev
Singh Talwandi, in a letter to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf,
has extended an invitation to him to visit the Golden Temple during
his visit to India.
Employees
ignore office hours
Mansa, June 27
A number of government employees
with offices in the mini-secretariat commute daily from places as far
as Ferozepore. By doing so, they are unofficially leaving their office
headquarters daily and are also being irregular as they often reach
the offices late.
MC
fails to honour martyrs’ kin
Jalandhar, June 27
The local municipal corporation
had passed a resolution in the MC house two years back that it would
host a state-level function to honour the parents and families of
these martyrs where they would be provided with an amount of Rs 1
lakh. But contrary to this, no money had been distributed among the
bereaved families of these martyrs so far, thanks to the apathy of the
civic body officials.
Punjab
police team scales 20,887-ft peak
Amritsar, June 27
A Punjab police team successfully
scaled Mount Kalanag, a peak situated at a height of 20,887 feet, on
June 16. Stating this, the team leader Mr P.M. Dass, IGP, said the
peak was situated in Garhwal region of the Himalayas in Uttaranchal.
Badal
to visit USA for eye operation?
Chandigarh, June 27
The Punjab Chief Minister,
Parkash Singh Badal may go abroad for eye surgery. According to
sources close to the Chief Minister’s Office, Mr Parkash Singh
Badal, has been complaining of blurred vision and problem of focus in
one eye.
Chemists
oppose govt move
Chandigarh, June 27
The Punjab Chemists Association
has opposed a move by the state government to give more powers to DSPs
and SMOs to check the illegal sale of prescription drugs at the
chemists shops.
Farmers
run diesel engines on LPG
Bathinda, June 27
Farmers of the region have
started running their tubewell motors on gas cylinders instead of
diesel to draw underground water for irrigating their fields. To
tackle frequent power cuts, shortage of canal water and the rising
price of diesel, the farmers, in association with mechanics, have
developed methods to run engines on liquefied petroleum gas. Apart
from running diesel engines on LPG, farmers have also started using
their tractors for drawing underground water for irrigating their
fields by running the same on LPG.
Arhtiyas
seek ‘fair’ relief distribution
Sunam, June 27
Local arhtiyas have urged the
state government to initiate immediate steps for the “fair”
distribution of relief among those paddy growers who could not get the
minimum support price against the paddy sold by them in the last
procurement season.
Patiala
to have new admn complex soon
Patiala, June 27
The Punjab Urban Planning and
Development Authority will be completing the district administration
complex construction at a cost of Rs 30 crore within a span of 14
months.
EC
Secretary visits Sunam
Sunam, June 27
Mr C.R. Brahmam, Secretary,
Election Commission of India, visited the town yesterday to seek
suggestions regarding the use of electronic voting machines in the
assembly as well as parliamentary elections in the near future.
Power
board seeks funds from govt
Chandigarh, June 27
Top brass of the Punjab State
Electricity Board led by Chairman G.S. Sohal today met the State’s
Finance Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh to seek more funds for the
board.
Bid
to abduct ‘reincarnated’ child
Jalandhar, June 27
Resemblance of a one-month son of
a migrant to his dead son and an urge to raise the infant as his own
child drove Riasat to abduct the child while his parents were fast
asleep in their hutment in Rajinder Nagar during the wee hours of the
morning.
Headless
body found
Hoshiarpur, June 27
The headless body of Sunil
Thakur, son of Hari Thakur, resident of Damdaha in Purnia district a
farm labourer, was found near the tubewell of Vikram Singh Saini at
Lambra village this morning. The murderer brutally killed Sunil
Thakur. He chopped off the head, feet and arms of Sunil and him hit in
the abdomen with an axe. The head was missing while the chopped off
feat and arms were lying near the body. It was a horrifying scene.
Three
booked in eve-teasing case
Barnala, June 27
The Barnala police has booked
three persons in a case of eve-teasing and harassment of a woman under
Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act,
1956. The case was registered on June 13 at Kotwall police station,
Barnala.
9
kg of opium seized, 4 held
Patiala, June 27
The Julkan police has arrested
four persons in two separate incidents under the Narcotics Act and
seized 9 kg of opium from them. According to police sources three
persons were arrested after having crossed over from Haryana into
Punjab in a car.
Gang
of thieves busted, 6 arrested
Fazilka, June 27
The police has busted a gang of
thieves with the arrest of six persons. Stolen material and some arms
have been seized. According to Mr Ajay Malooja, DSP, a deserted house
at Jorki Kankarwali village was raided and Rakesh Kumar, alias Bablu,
Ashok Kumar, alias Pappi, Raj Kumar and Vijay Kumar, all residents of
Fazilka and Swaran Singh and Gurdeep Singh were arrested. They were
reportedly planning to commit a dacoity.
Two
impostors arrested
Hoshiarpur, June 27
Two persons posing as CID
inspector and head constable were arrested by the Sadar police last
evening.
Multi-faceted
training at camp
Abohar
As many as 300 NCC cadets from
schools and colleges participated in a combined training camp
organised after a gap of four years here. This was the first camp of
the session in the Ludhiana zone, clearance for which had been given
by the Group Commandant, Col P. S. Bedi.
Literacy
scheme in limbo
Gurdaspur, June 27
The Total Literacy Mission,
launched in the district about three years ago by Mrs Ravneet Kaur the
then Deputy Commissioner, appears to have been abandoned. Reportedly
not a single centre for the spread of literacy under the scheme is
functional in the district.
ITI
students block traffic
Sunam, June 27
Students of the local ITI today
blocked traffic for about two hours in front of the main gate of the
ITI on the Sunam-Patiala road here on a call for bandh given by the
Punjab Students Union.
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